Fastener for garments



(No Model.)

W. F. PRET. FASTENER FOR GARMBNTS.

N0..490,921. Patented Jan. 31, 1893.

UNTTED STATES PATENT Crimen.

WALTER F. PEET, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

FAsTi-:N ER FOR GARNI ENTS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 490,921, dated January 31, 1893.

Application filed July 14, 1892. Serial No. 439,986. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VALTER F. PEET, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Fasteners for Garments, dac., which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification and accompanying drawings.

My invention consists of a fastener for a garment, &c., formed of a hook with a jaw therein, so that an eye may be readily controlled by the same, and a strong and durable device is produced, as will be hereinafter fully set forth.

Figure l represents a front or face view of a -garment fastener embodying my invention. Fig. 2 represents a bottom plan view thereof. Fig. 3 represents a section on line x, Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate correspending parts in the several figures.

Referring to the drawingsz-A designates the hook, and B designates the eye of a fastener for a garment, &c.

The hook A consists of a hook proper C,

lwhich projects laterally or sidewise from the attaching plate D and the jaw E which is connected with said plate D, and freely located within said member C in the same plane, said jaw having a nose F which projects beyond the face of the member C, so as to be in the path of the inner wall of the eye B, when the hook is inserted thereinto, it being seen that when the nose reaches said wall, the jaw is forced rearwardly, so as to clear the sam'e, and when the nose clears the wall, the jaw returns to its normal position, and engages with said wall, see more particularly Fig. 3, thus securely connecting the hook with the eye, or locking said parts, whereby they will not accidentally disengage. When force is properly applied to the hook to remove the same, the holding power of the nose is overcome, and the jaw yields, thus permitting the hook and jaw to emerge from the eye, as is evident. It will also be seen that the jawE is of an angular form, preferably right angular, as it occupies the hook C, which is of similar form, and thus said jaw has increased resiliency, and owing to its increased length, it is not liable to be broken off when in use, while it does not occupy additional room, it being within the conti nes of the hook, as most plainly shown in Fig. l.

The hook C, jaw E, and plate D are formed of a piece of suitable sheet metal, which is properly shaped, cut and bent, but they may be produced of wire, without producing different results.

The eye proper is formed of a plate of T- shape, one limb of which is slotted and then twisted or bent at a right angle t0 the other limb, so that the slot therein occupies a position to receive the hook, thus adapting a piece of flat sheet metal to form such eye.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:- l

1. In a garment fastener hook and an angular jaw therein in the same plane, and projecting from an attaching plate common to both hook and jaw, said parts being combined substantially as described.

2. In a garment fastener, a hook proper, and an angular jaw within the same, and an attaching plate with which said hook and jaw are connected, said jaw having a nose projecting beyond the plane of saidhook, and the parts being combined substantially as described. l

3. In a garment fastener an eye formed of a T- shaped plate, one limb of which is slotted and twisted ata right angle to the other limb, substantially as described.

WALTER F. PEET. Witnesses:

JOHN A. WIEDERSHEIM, R. H. GRAESER. 

